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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gifted |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adept, adroit, artistic, brilliant, capable, clever, cut out for, endowed, expert, having a knack, ingenious, intelligent, masterly, proficient, shining at, skilled, smart |
| Main Entry: | accomplished |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skilled in activity |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, brainy, consummate, cool*, cultivated, expert, gifted, hep, hip*, masterly, polished, practiced, proficient, savvy, sharp, skillful, talented, wised up, with it |
| Antonyms: | inept, inexpert, unable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | apt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to learn |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, no dummy, nobody's fool, not born yesterday, prompt, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, ready, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, teachable |
| Notes: | apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence |
| Antonyms: | incapable, stupid, unskilled |
| Main Entry: | artistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being skilled in creative activity |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, artful, artsy-craftsy, arty, crafty, discriminating, gifted, imaginative, inventive, skillful, talented |
| Antonyms: | scientific |
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very intelligent |
| Synonyms: | Einstein, accomplished, acute, astute, brainy, bright, clever, discerning, eggheaded, expert, genius, gifted, ingenious, intellectual, inventive, knowing, knowledgeable, masterly, penetrating, profound, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, talented, whip, whiz kid |
| Antonyms: | stupid, unaware, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | capable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to perform |
| Synonyms: | able, accomplished, adapted, adept, adequate, apt, au fait, clever, competent, dynamite, efficient, experienced, fireball, fitted, gifted, good, green thumb, has what it takes, having know-how, having the goods, having the right stuff, intelligent, knowing the ropes, knowing the score, like a one-man band, like a pistol, masterly, old hand, old-timer, on the ball, proficient, proper, qualified, skillful, suited, talented, there, up to it, up to snuff, up to speed, up*, veteran |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
| Antonyms: | impotent, incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unskilled, unskillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clever |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, ingenious |
| Synonyms: | able, adept, adroit, alert, apt, astute, brainy, brilliant, cagey, canny, capable, competent, crackerjack*, cunning, deep, dexterous/dextrous, discerning, egghead, expert, foxy*, gifted, good, handy, intelligent, inventive, keen, knowing, knowledgeable, many-sided, nimble, nobody's fool, pretty, pro, qualified, quick, quick on trigger, quick-witted, rational, resourceful, sagacious, savvy, sensible, sharp, shrewd, skilled, skillful, slick, sly, smart, sprightly, talented, versatile, wise, witty |
| Antonyms: | awkward, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, naive, senseless, stupid, unclever |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consummate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ultimate, best |
| Synonyms: | able, absolute, accomplished, complete, conspicuous, downright, faultless, finished, flawless, gifted, ideal, impeccable, inimitable, matchless, out-and-out, peerless, perfect, perfected, polished, positive, practiced, ripe, skilled, superb, superlative, supreme, talented, thoroughgoing, total, trained, transcendent, unmitigated, unqualified, unsurpassable, utter, virtuosic, whole |
| Antonyms: | incomplete, unfinished, worst |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | super, first-rate |
| Synonyms: | able, ace, adept, best, capital, choice, crackerjack*, deluxe, elite, excellent, expert, first-class, handpicked, pro*, proficient, skilled, skillful, superior, talented |
| Antonyms: | bad, inferior, poor |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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